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Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Game Thread – San Francisco, CA – Opening Day – Caption Away



 "I'm so sorry Aaron but they just won't trade you here."


47 comments:

13bit said...

Fuck Netflix. Fuck Hal. Fuck crony capitalism.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Once upon a time, the first baseball game was always in Cincinnati, because that's where they started (officially) playing the game for money. The first American League game was always in Washington, because it's the nation's capital, and the president would be on hand to throw out the first ball.

That was it. That was all the ceremony and hoopla necessary.

Today, a stupid media monopoly "buys" Opening Day, and they have it between two teams in different leagues in San Francisco, the city that stole our Giants. They drag a fake cable car and fake Yellow cabs onto the field, and have bad hip-hop dancers wiggle and shake around them, and set off explosions and steam fumes, and have on-field MCs shout out everything at the fans, as if we're at a fight in Las Vegas.

The louder they shout, the more bombast and hoopla there is, the stupider and cheaper it seems, just like everything else in America today.

BTR999 said...

(To the tune of Hey Jude)

Hey, Judge, don't play so bad
Take a sad team and make it better
Remember to hit it out of the park
Then you can start to make it better


And anytime you feel the pain,
Hey, Judge, refrain
Don't carry the team upon your shoulders
For well you know boone’s a fool
Who plays it cool
By making our team a little colder

Hey, Judge don't let us down
You can hit sir, now go and hit sir
Remember to hit out of the park
Then you can start to make it better

So hit it out, don’t hit it in
Hey, Judge, begin
You're waiting for someone to perform with
But don't you know that it's just you,
Hey, Judge, you'll do
The lumber you need is on your shoulder

nah, nah, nah,
nah nah nah, nah…
Hey Judge!

HoraceClarke66 said...

The one thing to be said for all the pre-game malarkey: the later it will start, meaning the fewer innings with the pitcher throwing out of the sun to batters in the shadow.

Once upon a time, too, we used to run home to see the first game of the season, which was always played in the afternoon. No can do, anymore. When you sell your soul to the devil, he wants ALL of it.

BTR999 said...

🎯Spot on Hoss, spot on

HoraceClarke66 said...

Remember two years ago, when the Yanks went out there and Soto and Judge ran amok? Seems like it happened in another decade.

AboveAverage said...

Yepperz - that about sums it all up, Hoss

AboveAverage said...

Kryptonian Effort !

AboveAverage said...

Saturday Night is gunna be interesting . . .

BTR999 said...

This pre-game is absolute horseshit, a minor league team would be ashamed to present it.

Look what they done to our game, Ma…

BTR999 said...

But as I always say on Opening Day (er, night)
In all a sincerity and From the very depths of the bottom of my heart,

LET’S FUCKING GOOOOO!

HoraceClarke66 said...

You know, fuck these guys. The umps, I mean. I'm ready for the automated strike zone. First at-bat of the season, first pitch nearly hits Judge, and they call it a strike.

Doug K. said...

x1000

Copelius said...

Center field camera looks like somebody is out there with a cell phone.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Boy oh boy, I'm so glad we signed that Trent Grisham guy! One at-bat, one strikeout, one chance in the field, one hit dropping in. Sure clad he's not a butcher in the field like The Martian.

Doug K. said...

Caption: I mean I would come to the White House and give you the trophy but we didn't win.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Wait...batter after batter is staying within himself, slicing balls to the opposite field and all over the park???

Who are these guys? And what did they do with the New York Yankees?

JM said...

Hokey smokes, Bullwinkle. Stanton scores from second on a single. Wells gets a hit. Grisham nails a triple. 5-0.

Glad I stayed up for this inning.

JM said...

I'm stunned.

JM said...

Still a few bad strikes on Judge.

JM said...

Judge halfway to the sombrero. already.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Judge needs to hack at everything with this asshole behind the plate. He will get nothing close.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Yeah, he screwed up Bellinger, too.

JM said...

Bellinger got victimized there, too.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Wanted that 6th. Well, now Fried will let them back in the game.

HoraceClarke66 said...

And now this shit: the mic'd ballplayer.

Who likes this? Anyone?

JM said...

Manfred. Manfred only.

JM said...

And probably Jazz.

JM said...

Early season control issues.

JM said...

Master Bader whiffs.

BernBabyBern said...

Just came here to agree with Hoss … I hate, hate, hate when players are mic’d up in games that mean something. Drives me frickin’ nuts.

Oh, and welcome to the season, everyone!

JM said...

See ya tomorrow, amigos.

Doug K. said...

If that mascot falls out of the Kayak he is going to drown. The costume will absorb a ton of water and he will die.

Doug K. said...

Why aren't they doing more ABS stuff. This ump sucks

Publius said...

Are we worried about Judge yet? When can we responsibly start panicking?

HoraceClarke66 said...

7-0. Okay, only need about 5 more to wrap this one up.

HoraceClarke66 said...

Well, that'll be the story. But no biggie. Tough pitcher given every edge by a bad ump. The rest of the hitting, though...where has this been for the last 10 years??

Publius said...

Avoiding a Judgean golden sombrero would be nice too

HoraceClarke66 said...

Oh, Good Lord! Rob Manfred is emerging from the Field of Dreams corn to bless us with his wisdom. Carry it home, guys—I am out of here.

Scottish Yankee fan said...

1.48 am here safe to go to bed I hope 7-0 up as I start work in just over 5 hours

13bit said...

Oh shit, looks like we're going to win 148 games this year....why was I so worried? Wake me up for the last out of the World Series, which we will win in 4 perfect games.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

First the in game interviews, then the manfred maniac talking about more fucking rule changes while wearing a FUCKING WINTER VEST!

He should be banned from baseball.

Also, I missed who kicked the extra point. Was it Pete Gogolak or George Blanda?

ranger_lp said...

Yanks showing up with the bats…

ranger_lp said...

Except for Judge…

Hinkey Haines said...

Jake Bird. Bullpen Anchor.

BernBabyBern said...

Jan Stenerud

ranger_lp said...

Speed bump….